Got hooked on this show went I was in San Diego taking care of my dad while my mom had to go out of town for a week. He and my mom told me about it and how much they enjoyed it, but they had missed a show or two, so I ordered both seasons on DVD and one day my dad and I stayed in our pj's all day and watched all of season one and most of season two. We finished up season two the next day. I brought the dvd's home and put one in on a night when nothing was on TV and hubby was immediately hooked. I watched all epsiodes again. When we finished watching the last episode (Christmas epsiode) in early December, he whined that he wasn't going to be able to wait till Season 3 began! We LOVE Downton Abbey!!! or Downtown Abbey as we both first called the show
PS That PBS special about the real castle that serves as Downton Abbey - eg Highclere Castle - was also very interesting!